BJP State President Ashok Khajuria, alongwith local leaders, today visited village Nikkian of Khour block to pay homage to BJP’s martyr Pt. Chajju Ram, who was
brutally lathicharged in an agitation in Khour four years ago and who later succumbed to his injuries.Ashok Khajuria, while remembering the services of Pt.Chajju Ram for welfare and upliftment of the weaker sections and strengthening the party,said that the death of Pt. Chajju Ram still remains a mystery. He said that Pt. Chajju Ram was killed under a conspiracy and today even after passing of four years no inquiry has been conducted by the government.He said the BJP activists have been rendering their services to strengthen the nationalist forces but the succesive governments have always erected hurdles in their way to supress the voice of common masses.He also criticsed the administration for not allowing the party to construct a Memorial in the name of Pt. Chajju Ram at the place where he sacrificed his life four years ago.
Demanding an impartial inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death of Pt. Chajju Ram, Ashok Khajuria said that the people have every right to know the truth. Chaman Lal Kanathia,Suraj Singh, Capt. Chain Singh, Rishikesh, Kewal Sharma, Master Shiv Ram,Th. Moti singh, Manmohan Singh, Pt. Mela Ram, Madan Lal and G.S.Chib were prominent among those who also piad their tributes to Pt. Chajju Ram on his fourth martyr divas.
Earlier, in the morning, a deputation of the striking employees of GMC working on adhoc and contractual basis called on Ashok Khajuria and narrated their woes to him. Ashok Khajuria expressed sympathy with them and extended party’s support to their genuine demands. He asked the government to immediately accede to their demands.